S. 1183

Introduced

Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019

Introduced 4/11/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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Latest Action

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.

7/9/2019 • Senate

Summary

Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, and designing energy storage and microgrid projects that rely on renewable energy. (A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can connect and disconnect from the grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode.)

Introduced in Senate • 4/11/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Energy

Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy storage, supplies, demandGovernment information and archivesRural conditions and development